Looking at the world music scene, in terms of the coverage of the audience and the influence of music, it is mainly divided into three main streams, namely English music, Latin music and Chinese music.

All three types of music can be considered international, but compared to the strong position of English music in the world, the audiences of Chinese and Latin have great limitations and are becoming more and more weak.

The representative countries of English music are, of course, the United States and the United Kingdom, especially the United States, and on the basis of American music culture, if Canada is included, the entire North American region basically represents the most mainstream and cutting-edge English music, and even the United Kingdom, the home country of English, is inferior.

The reason for the formation of this pattern is, first of all, of course, inseparable from the large population, developed economy, and strong consumption power of North America, but there is another aspect that cannot be ignored, that is, as a multiracial country, Americans are very open-minded, which makes the North American music scene have a strong tolerance and acceptance of various genres of music - if you barely compare it, the current United States is very similar to the Tang Dynasty at its peak.

In China, thousands of years of cultural development, to the modern and contemporary times, there are several music genres in the music world, which belong exclusively to the Chinese language, such as folk songs, such as the so-called sweet songs, which belong only to China, and were born in the United States, and then carried forward, spread to the whole world, welcomed by countless fans in the whole world, and even become representatives of American culture, there are more, such as soul music, such as blues, such as American country music, such as hip-hop.

As the rulers of the entire world music scene, the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom together have representative superstars and representative works with high popularity and reputation in almost all categories of music.

It is both easy and not easy to rise in such a market and such a musical environment.

In particular, this singer who is about to rise is still a Chinese from the mysterious East.

Therefore, Li Qian took great pains to choose songs for Liao Liao's global album in terms of English songs.

First of all, Liao Liao can't sing hip-hop well, and it's not that she can't sing at all, but in comparison, she is definitely better at slow songs and lyrical songs. Therefore, hip-hop music is still not good in her first global album.

Then, R&B, which can be translated into rhythm and blues, can also be translated into rhythm and blues, which is one of the most popular music categories in the United States, and it is also a favorite of Li Qian in his previous life, so, this one must have.

Then, of course, Liao Liao's voice and her singing skills are top in the world, and soul music, a music category that extremely tests the singer's ability to grasp his voice, skills and emotions, is definitely the most suitable music category for Liao Liao to exert his super singing skills, there is no one. So, this one must be there.

Then, American country music, which is the purest music category that was born in the United States and still has a strong dominance over the American music scene, whether it is the time and space that Li Qian has experienced, or in the current world, country music in the United States is a star-studded - simply put, an outsider, if he wants to gain a firm foothold in this market, country music is almost a must.

That's it, okay, it's just six English songs, that's pretty much it.

Li Qian pondered and deliberated over and over again, and in the end, he helped Liao Liao finalize five other works in addition to "My-heart-will-go-on" -

The first two songs are both from the work of a generation of diva Whitney Houston, one "I-will-always-love-you", which is needless to say, and the other one, which is also Whitney Houston's masterpiece, is called "Could-I-Have-This-Kiss-Forever".

The former is the most classic soul music, and the latter is the most classic English love song, and it is a duet.

If possible, Li Qian certainly hopes that Rolling Stone Records can invite pop king Jerry Cullen to sing this song with Liao Liao, and if not, Li Qian is ready to go into battle himself - in fact, if it weren't for the fact that this kind of duet love song is easy to cause chaos in his own family, he wouldn't even have the idea of inviting Jerry Cullen.

But think about it again, it's really not good, just go back and write a duet love song for Zhou Yan and Xie Bing.

Because...... is still the same sentence, with Liao Liao by the side of "My-heart-will-go-on", there is no need for any "support".

Then, when it comes to the European and American music scene in that time and space in Li Qian's impression, especially the European and American music scene around 2000, there are two people who will definitely not be able to jump, that is, Mariah Carey and Shania Towne.

The former is an R&B diva and the latter is a rural diva.

Mariah Carey's work, Li Qian thought about it and finally chose "Through-the-rain".

On another plane, it was a controversial piece. It came after a period of slump in Mariah Carey, and it was the first piece of work that started her new career. The lyrics are inspirational, that's fine, and Mariah Carey was really in the middle of a lot of negative press at the time, so she used this song to encourage others and herself. However, as soon as this song was released, it was questioned by many professionals, and everyone criticized her for being too showy.

To tell the truth, Mariah Carey, who was around 2000 years ago, has perfected her singing skills, and this song's free switching between air and gorgeous high notes does show her extraordinary ability to control the voice and breath.

And under the influence of many criticisms in the industry, although this song has frantically harvested the first place on various charts in Europe, and the results in the United States can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

However, in Li Qian's opinion, the song itself is definitely no problem, and it is definitely a good song.

And you must know that Liao Liao at this time is completely different from Mariah Carey's situation in another time and space.

According to the tripartite agreement between Rolling Stone Records, Minghu Culture and the producer of "Titanic", the album "My-heart-will-go-on" will not be released until five weeks after the official release of "Titanic", because in the "Titanic Movie Soundtrack" to be released before that, the producer of the movie "Titanic" has a share, and Liao Liao's solo album also includes "My-heart-will-go-on" This song, however, is only Minghu Culture and Rolling Stone Records, so, of course, they must have asked for the album to set aside a period of exclusive sales for the soundtrack.

Therefore, it can be expected that Li Qian can even be sure that by that time, the song "My-heart-will-go-on" will definitely be popular all over the world by the east wind of the big ship, and Liao Liao, although there is only such a song in the European and American music circles, must have become popular. Moreover, considering her original identity as an Asian diva and her identity from a mysterious ancient country in the East, it is estimated that at that time, fans in Europe and the United States, and even fans all over the world, will have an extremely strong desire to explore her personally.

Therefore, as a newcomer in the European and American music scene, and a newcomer who already has a strong favorability and recognition, when Liao Liao's new album is released, "Through-the-rain" does have a certain amount of show-off skills, but it will definitely not be a loss of points, it will only become a plus - everyone is always curious and relatively tolerant of newcomers. So at that time, if Li Qian's speculation is correct, even professional European and American music critics will only praise Liao Liao's powerful singing skills shown in this song, while the majority of fans will pay more attention to the inspirational spirit shown in this song.

As for whether Liao Liao can handle such a song...... Li Qian has always been full of confidence in Liao Liao's voice and singing skills, and among the voices of hundreds or thousands of singers he has heard in the past two or thirty years, he really doesn't think that anyone's voice can definitely surpass Liao Liao. Although Li Qian knows very well in his heart that Liao Liao's voice characteristics make her vocal range type and voice characteristics between Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, but closer to Whitney Houston's way, however, with her current strength, it is not a big problem to control this song.

As for Shania Towne's work, Li Qian chose "You're-still-the-One" for Liao Liao.

There is no doubt that as the leading work of the first sister in the country music industry, Shania Towne's third solo album "Come-on-over" is based on this song, and that album has sold more than 20 million copies in the United States alone, and more than 40 million copies worldwide, which is the highest selling record of female singers in the entire world music history in the United States and other time and space.

Moreover, the song itself also helped Shania Towne win the Grammy Awards for "Best Country Music Female Singer" and "Best Country Music Song".

Therefore, the weight of this song can be imagined.

Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Shania Towne, Four Divas, Five Songs...... These are the five songs that Li Qian painstakingly selected for Liao Liao, but in the end, it was decided that this album must have six English songs, so Li Qian had to continue to draw in his memory, and in the end, he decided to come up with an Alicia Case work, "No-one".

Billboard's five-week winning streak, the Grammys for "Best R&B Girl" and "Best R&B Song" are indisputably proof of the song's excellence!

Moreover, although the time is several years in advance, the R&B style of this song does not feel abrupt at all, and it is in the best state of "a little trendy, but only half a step ahead of others".

Then, with the addition of such six songs, Li Qian has full confidence that he can do it, making Liao Liao an instant hit in the European and American markets!

Even, to a certain extent, even if there is no east wind of a big ship to borrow, Li Qian feels that with these six songs, with Liao Liao's strength, if this album does not sell well, it will be simply unreasonable!

Of course, although the song must be no problem, although Liao Liao's singing skills are definitely no problem, but when it comes to really doing it, things will obviously not be so simple, just saying that it is the practice of singing, for Liao Liao, it is a big problem.

The ability to control the voice and the ability to control it well are not the same concept.

When I usually listen to songs, I hum along with European and American records, and the way I sing when someone can imitate it, and when I need my own unique singing voice, I have to figure out everything by myself, and I have to go out of my own way, it is definitely different.

So, in the following days, Li Qian and Xie Mingyuan suddenly became a lot more idle, while Liao Liao, on the contrary, put away his playfulness and fully devoted himself to new challenges.

In mid-March, Xie Mingyuan went back to France to deal with some of his assets over there, and then he was ready to leave there completely, while Li Qian returned to China and made an appointment with his senior brother Fang Shaobai, and went to the old man's house with the teacher Cheng Yunshan. In the future, he will be responsible for greeting a group of old friends who will be needed to shoot the MV, ensuring that it is the highest level equipment in the Peking Opera circle, and he is even willing to appear in person for the future MV if necessary.

After getting these things done, he left a copy of the songbook of "Hairpin Phoenix" to his senior brother Fang Shaobai, and at the same time roughly set the time for recording this song in mid-April, and then, Li Qian only stayed in Shuntianfu for three or four days, and didn't even have time to go to the set of "On the Road" in Gansu to visit a class, so he flew back to Los Angeles again.

And this time, following Li Qian and flying over at the same time, there was also Sun Meimei.

It is conceivable that next, when Liao Liao's album is officially launched, and she has become famous in Europe and the United States, all kinds of brokerage affairs will inevitably increase all of a sudden, and the brokerage affairs in Europe and the United States can of course be signed to a special brokerage company, but at that time, Li Qian was afraid that Liao Liao would not even have time to directly connect with the brokerage company.

Therefore, after careful consideration, considering that the brokerage department of the company, it is enough for Zou Wenhuai to be in charge, and the newcomers can gradually bring it out, after all, it is their own territory, so Li Qian brought Sun Meimei over, ready to let her be Liao Liao's personal assistant in Europe and the United States, and fully praise Liao Liao's affairs in Europe and the United States.

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